installing new version of mac os

Steven1621 · Jul 25, 2003, 09:03 PM

i have a imac 233 with no os on it. it will not install my version of os 9. i have pressed c on startup and all, but still nothing. what can i do?

rainman::|:| · Jul 25, 2003, 10:03 PM

could you possibly be more specific? what is it telling you? why can't you install your copy? Is it the original copy that came with the iMac??

pnw

Nermal · Jul 25, 2003, 11:11 PM

Try holding Option while you start up, it should ask what drive to boot from.

Steven1621 · Jul 26, 2003, 01:56 AM

i put the disk in, start up, and hold c. normally here, it freezes. if i let it just start up, the blinking mac folder comes up and flashes a question mark for a long time. any idea now?

rainman::|:| · Jul 26, 2003, 02:07 AM

Try this--

Boot the iMac, and hold down command-option-P-R all at the same time (quickly), it will chime again, let it chime a few times (some say 2, some say 6)... See if that clears this up...

pnw

MrMacMan · Jul 26, 2003, 02:43 AM

How did that happen?

Remember your keys -- 'c' 'option' and 'command + option + shift + delte' all mean boot off of CD.

Take Paul's advice also.

If not it might be a firmware problem Command + O + F

The blinking folder means it can't find a system folder.

Jul 25, 2003, 09:03 PM	#1
Steven1621 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Connecticut (Ankara, Turkey for the next year)	installing new version of mac os i have a imac 233 with no os on it. it will not install my version of os 9. i have pressed c on startup and all, but still nothing. what can i do?

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MrMacMan macrumors 601 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: 1 Block away from NYC.	How did that happen? Remember your keys -- 'c' 'option' and 'command + option + shift + delte' all mean boot off of CD. Take Paul's advice also. If not it might be a firmware problem Command + O + F The blinking folder means it can't find a system folder. __________________ There is a little Steve in all of us! -->Folding is Fighting Against Disease and help MacRumors. Join Today!<-- Props to --> Shadowfax For Making My Avatar! IM Me On AIM Already!

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Jul 25, 2003, 10:03 PM	#2
rainman::\|:\| macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: iowa	could you possibly be more specific? what is it telling you? why can't you install your copy? Is it the original copy that came with the iMac?? pnw

Jul 25, 2003, 11:11 PM	#3
Nermal Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Whakatane, New Zealand	Try holding Option while you start up, it should ask what drive to boot from.

Jul 26, 2003, 01:56 AM	#4
Steven1621 Thread Starter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Connecticut (Ankara, Turkey for the next year)	i put the disk in, start up, and hold c. normally here, it freezes. if i let it just start up, the blinking mac folder comes up and flashes a question mark for a long time. any idea now?

Jul 26, 2003, 02:07 AM	#5
rainman::\|:\| macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: iowa	Try this-- Boot the iMac, and hold down command-option-P-R all at the same time (quickly), it will chime again, let it chime a few times (some say 2, some say 6)... See if that clears this up... pnw